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Multiple proposals from Democratic presidential candidates are calling for a full transition from fossil fuels to renewables over the next 10 years.…
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Julie and Jim Powell’s air conditioner has been fending off the summertime heat since they bought their traditional Sun City home two decades ago.“It’s…
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Congress hasn’t passed an energy bill since 2007, but a bill is winding its way through Congress that has the chance of becoming law.Earlier this year a…
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If you’ve ever seen the Northern Lights, you’ve seen the most visible evidence of a solar storm. Bursts of electrically charged particles race towards…
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The aging United States electricity grid is facing an increasing number of threats, ranging from severe weather events, to solar flares, to cyber…
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For Jim and Lyn Schneider, the decision to invest in $50,000 worth of solar panels and battery storage was easy. There were no power lines near their…
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Across the nation -- and even in Wyoming -- power companies are adding more renewable energy to their systems. That creates new challenges for the…
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Part 4 of an Inside Energy series Blackout: Reinventing The GridThe Environmental Protection Agency is putting the finishing touches on its Clean Power…
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The grid control room at Østkraft, on the Danish island of Bornholm, is a mix of old and new. On one side of the room, huge computer monitors detail the…
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Part 1 in our Inside Energy series Blackout: Reinventing The Grid.It was a blustery, cold January day in 1998 when the rain turned to ice. I was nine…